AMERICAN POULTRY CULTURE 



where fowls must be yarded they should have as 

 large a space as possible, up to the point that 

 Yarding satisfies their apparent longings for 



Poultry room. Where houses with several 



divisions are used and it is desired to pen each flock 

 separately, the runs should be rather narrow and 

 as long as possible or desirable. Comparatively 

 narrow runs are desirable because they induce the 

 fowls to range away from the house, and they thus 

 get more exercise than would be the case with 

 square yards. 



Double Yarding. Perhaps the best possible 

 system when keeping poultry in confinement is to 

 have two runs for each pen of fowls, using them 

 alternately. In the one have grass or green stuff 

 of some kind growing, while the fowls are eating 

 it off in the other lot. In this way the ground gets 

 occasional rests from the presence of fowls; the 

 ground is plowed under several times a year, and 

 the growing stuff helps to remove impurities from 

 the soil. Where this plan is followed, yards may 

 be arranged in both the front and rear of the 

 house. Where only one yard is allowed to each 

 flock, that one should by all means be to the south 

 of the house. 



With the double-yarding system the location of 

 the house should be the highest point of all, and 

 the ground should gently slope away from the 

 house in each direction. With the single-yarding 



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